Got Your PIN? It’s Critical for FAD Preparation

If you don’t have your premises identification number (PIN) for every location that you raise pigs yet, you need to do so if you want to be fully prepared for a foreign animal disease (FAD). The first step for getting a PIN is to contact your state animal health official’s office to talk to the identification program coordinator.

When producers are ready to call the state’s identification program coordinator to get your PIN be prepared to provide the following information for each site:

Producers should be prepared to provide the following information to register for their PIN:
• Name of entity or company
• Contact information for the owner or other appropriate individual
• Type of operation
• Street address, city, state and ZIP code
• Telephone number
• Some states have an optional category for latitude and longitude numbers
• Most states request the species of livestock on the site

It is important to note that the number of livestock is not required. The information gathered at the federal level for premises registration is only intended to identify that livestock are present and not the numbers of animals of each species.

To verify an existing PIN, use the Checkoff’s Premises Verification Tool.